diff --git a/novajoin_tempest_plugin/config.py b/novajoin_tempest_plugin/config.py
index 90062e6..07c88cd 100644
--- a/novajoin_tempest_plugin/config.py
+++ b/novajoin_tempest_plugin/config.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ novajoin_group = cfg.OptGroup(
     title="Novajoin test plugin settings")
 
 NovajoinGroup = [
+    cfg.IntOpt('connect_retries',
+               default=1,
+               help='Number of connection attempts to IPA'),
     cfg.StrOpt('flavor_tag',
                default='vm',
                help='Flavor tag to use in novajoin enrollment tests'),
diff --git a/novajoin_tempest_plugin/ipa/ipa_client.py b/novajoin_tempest_plugin/ipa/ipa_client.py
index 9f14ad3..837cdba 100644
--- a/novajoin_tempest_plugin/ipa/ipa_client.py
+++ b/novajoin_tempest_plugin/ipa/ipa_client.py
@@ -40,18 +40,11 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class IPABase(object):
 
     def __init__(self, backoff=0):
-        try:
-            self.ntries = CONF.connect_retries
-        except cfg.NoSuchOptError:
-            self.ntries = 1
         if not ipalib_imported:
             return
 
-        try:
-            self.keytab = CONF.keytab
-        except cfg.NoSuchOptError:
-            self.keytab = '/etc/novajoin/krb5.keytab'
-
+        self.ntries = CONF.novajoin.connect_retries
+        self.keytab = CONF.novajoin.keytab
         with open(self.keytab):
             pass  # Throw a nicer exception if krb5.keytab does not exist
 
diff --git a/novajoin_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_novajoin_enrollment.py b/novajoin_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_novajoin_enrollment.py
index 01cd867..d961914 100644
--- a/novajoin_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_novajoin_enrollment.py
+++ b/novajoin_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_novajoin_enrollment.py
@@ -29,17 +29,24 @@ NETWORK = 'ctlplane'
 FLAVORS = {
     'baremetal': {'ram': 4096,
                   'vcpus': 3,
-                  'disk': 30,
+                  'disk': 38,
                   'specs': {
                       "capabilities:boot_option": "local",
+                      "cpu_arch": "x86_64",
                       "capabilities:profile": "ironic",
-                      "resources:CUSTOM_IRONIC": '1'}},
+                      "resources:CUSTOM_IRONIC": '1',
+                      "resources:DISK_GB": '0',
+                      "resources:MEMORY_MB": '0',
+                      "resources:VCPU": '0'}},
     'vm': {'ram': 4096,
            'vcpus': 1,
            'disk': 40,
            'specs': {
                "capabilities:boot_option": "local",
-               "capabilities:profile": "compute"}}
+               "capabilities:profile": "compute",
+               "resources:DISK_GB": '0',
+               "resources:MEMORY_MB": '0',
+               "resources:VCPU": '0'}}
 }